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REFILE: Recurrent mouth ulcers suggest celiac disease

June 30, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A minority of patients with recurrent mouth sores (aphthous stomatitis) have gluten-sensitive enteropathy, making evaluation for celiac disease appropriate in this population, according to a new study in BMC Gastroenterology.

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June 29, 2009 — ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and other makers of acetaminophen products said on Monday cough and cold medicines containing the pain reliever should remain on the market despite concerns from U.S. health regulators.

Recurrent month ulcers suggest celiac disease

June 29, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A minority of patients with recurrent mouth sores (aphthous stomatitis) have gluten-sensitive enteropathy, making evaluation for celiac disease appropriate in this population, according to a new study in BMC Gastroenterology.

Asia's party-drug carries incontinence risk

June 26, 2009 — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Revelers across Asia who snort the animal tranquilizer ketamine for a hallucinogenic high may face incontinence and other health problems as new dangers of this cheap party drug start showing up in long-term studies.

Transdermal formulation of migraine drug effective

June 25, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of studies in healthy volunteers indicate that a new iontophoretic transdermal system, designed to deliver sumatriptan (Zelrix; NuPathe Inc.) for migraine, is well tolerated and achieves blood concentrations similar to those reached using other modes of administration, researchers report in the current issue of the journal Headache.

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Arthur L. Weaver, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., M.A.C.R.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center


Sergio Schwartzman, MD,
Franchellie M. Cadwell Associate Professor of Medicine,
Weill Medical College
The Hospital for Special Surgery and
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Cornell University, New York, NY

Gary Williams, MD, PhD
Chairman
Department of Medicine
Scripps Clinic Medical Group
La Jolla, California.